Thread: Parents are evil.

I don't know if I would accept that as a valid arguement. I can't recall if they stated that the last time their grades did not suffer, or not. The only thing I can really say would hold water for me, is if grades suffered or it was something illegal. I do not ever plan to hold my children back from something they enjoy. If it is morally, ethically and legally ok, then I'm pretty well fine with it.

I haven't forayed into NaNoWrimo yet either. I don't know if I ever will. I do think it is fantastic that people can pump out that many words in 30 days. I know someone that wrote that many in 3 days.

All right you Yanks, back off a touch! Nothing wrong with our education system! Also, word to the wise - don't get involved in the Republic of Ireland being a part of Britain thing without a very strong heart! They can get quite stropy about it.


If they check your computer can you hand write it and hide it under your bed or something?

Ooh, can't resist adding to this Britain/Ireland debate.

If I remember correctly, the original person referred to Ireland as 'one of the British Isles'. This is entirely correct. Ireland IS part of the British Isles. This is a geographical statement, not a political one. However, Ireland is not part of Great Britain, which is a completely different thing and consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Confused? Don't worry, many British people are too...LOL

Hm, if I were you I'd write it anyway, stick the days work on a jump drive, delete the story from your computer, get rid of the stuff in your "Recent files" folder and repeat the next day. That way you don't have any of your work on your computer, it's all on the jump drive. You could use an ipod shuffle, too, if you have one.

WHAT? That's awful!
That's the direction my dad is leaning for this year. He says "Oh, you're going into high school, it's more important that you maintain good grades." *sigh*
But I'm gonna do it anyway.

Originally Posted by CandieK

First get your priorities straight. Put school first on your list and after that I don't see why your parents' wouldn't let you do what you want with your spare time. (unless of course it's something they should be concerned about)

You could try explaining it to them more clearly? It's a wonderful creative outlet and gives you a sense of accomplishment and responsibility for your commitments.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you there. I was really into art and drawing all the time before my parents drove me to get better grades. I stopped drawing in class all the time and then I almost stopped drawing all together. But hey, I got a superficial 'A' and if that's good enough for my parents that's good enough for me.

To the original poster though, I say you do whatever you want. For no reason should they stop you from practicing writing. From my experience, Highschool is more of a daycare than anything else.

People do what they want to do, so unless they physically restrain you if you really want to write you will. Even if you don’t do Nano you can still write if you love to.

Good luck!

holy crap, does no one look at dates on posts? this is 8 or 9 months old lol!
and yeah, invest in a USB drive mate

i thought it was crazy aswell lol.